title: Lignans interfering with 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone binding to human sex hormone-binding globulin.
abstract: The natural lignans (-)-3,4-divanillyltetrahydrofuran (1), (-)-matairesinol (2), (-)-secoisolariciresinol (3), (+/-)-enterolactone (4), (+/-)-enterodiol (5), and nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) (6) reduce the binding of 3H-labeled 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to human sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). (-)-3,4-Divanillyltetrahydrofuran (1) has the highest binding affinity (Ka = 3.2 +/- 1.7 x 10(6)M-1) of all lignans investigated so far; the reversibility of its binding and a double reciprocal plot suggest a competitive inhibition of the SHBG-DHT interaction. Increasing hydrophobity in the aliphatic part of the lignans (butane-1,4-diol-butanolide-tetrahydrofuran structures) leads to higher binding affinity. In the aromatic part, a 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy substitution pattern is most effective for binding to SHBG.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für organische Chemie, Universität Bayreuth, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schöttner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Spiteller
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gansser
mesh_terms: D002606:Charcoal; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone / Q000378:metabolism*; D005663:Furans; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008024:Ligands; D008031:Lignin; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C110595:3,4-divanillyltetrahydrofuran; D005663:Furans; D008024:Ligands; D012738:Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone; D002606:Charcoal; D008031:Lignin